Lesson 1 - Get to know the story Introduction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM27Mykuktc Dr. Seuss’s All Aboard the Circus McGurkus Book Read Along (reading with Emily) If you enjoyed that you might want to watch another Dr Seuss story about the circus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MHdJhN0rYo Equipment:

Instructions: To begin the lesson, listen/ watch the story being told. Talk to your adult about it, are the animals in the story animals that you would expect to see in a circus?

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Reading Comprehension

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Lesson 2- The Circus Introduction:

YOU DO NOT NEED TO WATCH ALL OF THESE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFRQq1NQYGw - Flying Trapeze ''Heroes''-15th Moscow International Circus Festival 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XN5mhdWoM0 Clowns with Rola-bola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdUHF5BYQXQ Amazing Circus Performers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3rJ94HDkRg Free in Las Vega- Circus Acts at Circus Circus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64nyoeyAx9w Circus performance clown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UltJunN-C8 Henry Ayla- The Prince of Clowns- 44th Circus Festival of Monte Carlo 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL0TG_nCqzE 60-MINUTE SPECIAL #3 | Cirque du Soleil | Alegría, Kooza, KÀ

Equipment:

Instructions:

I can choose pictures to show what I would see at the circus I can choose pictures of what I would see at the circus then talk to my adults about it I can write about what I would see at the circus Choose some images and write about what they do, how does it make you feel being at the circus? What can you smell? What can you see? Is it loud? Is it quiet? Use the videos to help you.

Lesson 3- Listening game Introduction:

Play this game to warm your listening skills up: Equipment:

Instructions: If you are following the green objectives then complete activity 1. If you are following the blue objectives then complete activity 2. If you are following the purple adjectives then complete activity 3. I can point to the correct object when one makes a noise I can choose the correct objects when two make a noise I can choose the correct objects, in the correct order, when three make a noise Activity 1 Choose a range of household items that make a noise, sample them first, make lots of noise, experiment with the noise. Cover the objects with a blanket and make a noise with one object, uncover the objects, if your child is not sure then re make the sound and compare to the other sounds.

Activity 2 Choose a range of household items that make a noise, sample them first, make lots of noise, experiment with the noise. Cover the objects with a blanket and make a noise with two objects, uncover the objects, if your child is not sure then re make the sound and compare to the other sounds Activity 3 Choose a range of household items that make a noise, sample them first, make lots of noise, experiment with the noise. Cover the objects with a blanket and make a noise with three objects, uncover the objects, if your child is not sure then re make the sound and

compare to the other sounds. Ask them to identify the noises in order, can they have a go at making a sound sequence for you?

Lesson 4- Phonics Introduction: Today we are doing some phonics activities! First, we need to warm our brains up. We are going to do this by doing ‘quick write’. Your adult will read you the letters below and you will need to write them. I have colour coded the letters, depending on which objective colour you are using. If you are green, use the green letters, if you are blue use the green and blue letters, if you are purple, use the green, blue and purple letters.

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g d c

v w qu

ng j x

th or oa

igh ure air Equipment:

• The image below and letters

• Read and Race board game/ dice/ counters

• A dice/ counters Instructions: I can identify the initial sounds in pictures Look at the images below, identify the initial sound, practice writing the letters. You can do this with a pen/ pencil, mark making in flower/ shaving foam, paint, outside with

chalks, painting etc.

I can read phase 3 words and use them in a sentence Adults: For this activity you will need the board game below. I f you have a game of snakes and ladders boards at home you can use pieces of paper to cover the squares and write your own words on them (using the words from the board given.) When you/ your child lands on a new word then put that word in to a sentence, either verbally or by writing. e.g. If I land on the word ‘cow’ the sentence I might say/ write might be ‘ A cow is black and white.’

I can use my phonics to read tricky words and put them into a sentence.

Lesson 5 - Telling a story Instructions: Today we are going to tell a story about going to the circus. You can do this in different ways:

Equipment:

I can match the missing pictures to help to retell a story Blue and purple I can use my imagination to retell part of a story about a circus. You might want to act like one of the performers, you might want to make a story map, you could make a puppet show to retell the story, draw a picture and talk to your adult about all the things that you can see, hear, smell. You can do this task in any way that you like!

Lesson 6- Capital letters and the alphabet Introduction:

It is a song about the alphabet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs Play this game, match the upper and lower-case letters Use this image to help you:

https://www.abcya.com/games/uppercase_lowercase_letter_matching Equipment:

Instructions: I can say if letters are the same or different Look at the sheet below, can you say if the letters are the same of different?

s s

p b

d d

m n

f s

I can match the upper and lower- case letters Use the picture at the top of the page to help you, can you match the upper and lower- case letters?

I can order words alphabetically If you found matching the letters really easy then have a look at the game below. In the game you have to order the words in alphabetical order. This

https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/alphabetical-order-1.html

Lesson 7- Dough Disco

Introduction: You’re going to do some dough disco activities today. Access YouTube on any device that you have and type in ‘dough disco’, there are lots of choices of songs on there and you can choose whichever you like. To make it even more interesting you could choose your favourite songs and create your own dough disco dances.

Equipment

I can practice my fine motor skills by playing with my dough. I can follow instructions to make different dough disco moves. I can create my own dough disco song.

Lesson 8- Instructions Introduction: Today you are going to make juggling balls!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUfOpftERrk – Clown Juggler

Equipment:

Instructions: Step one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYDZDlcO6g I can follow instructions to make juggling balls with support I can follow instructions to make juggling balls with some support I can follow instructions on how to make juggling balls and then tell somebody else how to do it

Lesson 9- Colourful Semantics Introduction: We are going to look at some pictures today and use colourful semantics, colourful semantics help us to form sentences.

Equipment:

• Colourful semantic cards

• Pencil

Instructions: Look at the pictures and use the prompts below to answer questions. We are using colourful semantics and today we are concentrating on SAYING a sentence. Look at the pictures and use the prompts to help you.

I can answer a ‘who’ question about my story I can answer a ‘who’ and ‘doing’ question I can answer a ‘who’, ‘doing’, ‘what’ question. Extension:

1) Can you add a ‘where’ to your sentences? 2) Can you write your sentences?

Lesson 10- Feed the elephant Introduction:

In the film Dumbo he has to work in a circus, here are two links to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJG5lGojsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNLiIehpLnE

Equipment:

Instructions:

I can feed the elephant using my fine motor skills and name some letters I can match upper- and lower-case letters and feed the elephant I can match upper- and lower-case letters and feed the elephant in alphabetical order